OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Nepal
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 17, 2009 13:38 PM from OIE

Information received on 16/01/2009 from Dr Mainali Purushottam Prasad, Director General , Department of Livestock Services , Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives , Kathmandu, Nepal

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	08/01/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	16/01/2009
Report date	16/01/2009
Date submitted to OIE	16/01/2009
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	12/1996
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location and Affected population

MECHI (Nagaar Nagarpalika, Jhapa) : backyard poultry

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	13000	14	14	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	0.11%	0.11%	100.00%	0.11%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Culling is planned on 17 January 2009.

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Movement control inside the country Zoning Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Stamping out

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Central Disease Investigation Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	16/01/2009	Positive

Laboratory name and type

VLA Weybridge, United Kingdom (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time PCR	16/01/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

Latest news in those days:

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GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu continues to circulate in the United States 10 days ago
UK: Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation 10 days ago
Netherlands: Antibodies to bird flu virus found in dairy cow 11 days ago

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